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psychogas

psychogas noun: any gas having a psychological effect on the brain.

Noun

psychogas (plural psychogases)

  1. Any gas having a psychological effect on the brain.
    • Psychogases are available either as liquids or in powder form. When sprayed into the air to form aerosol, they spread across the ground very much like fog. They variously produce hallucinations, depression, apathy, or senseless elation, lasting from 12 to 24 hours.1963, Quarterly Review of Military Literature (volume 43, issue 6, page 47)

Forms of psychogas

pluralpsychogases

Origin of psychogas

From psycho- + gas.

Questions about psychogas

What does psychogas mean?
Psychogas means any gas having a psychological effect on the brain.
What part of speech is psychogas?
Psychogas is a noun.
What is the plural of psychogas?
The plural of psychogas is psychogases.

Words near psychogas in the dictionary

  1. psychogalvanism
  2. psychogalvanometer
  3. psychogalvanometers
  4. psychogalvanometric
  5. psychogalvanometry
  6. psychogas
  7. psychogases
  8. psychogender
  9. psychogenders
  10. psychogeneses
  11. psychogenesis

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